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ANTHROPIC. Sleeper Agents: Training Deceptive LLMs that Persist Through Safety Training. 13 JAN 2024. [Emergent Deceptive Behavior]
Very important data and report from a respected source: (1) The larger the LLM, the better the deception. (2) Current safety alignment technologies fail to prevent emergent deceptive behavior, with inverse (negative) training result. FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT [...]
OECD AI Principles overview. The OECD AI Principles promote use of AI that is innovative and trustworthy and that respects human rights and democratic values. Adopted in May 2019, they set standards for AI that are practical and flexible enough to stand the test of time.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. OECD AI Principles overview The OECD AI Principles promote use of AI that is innovative and trustworthy and that respects human rights and democratic values. Adopted in May 2019, they set standards [...]
AGI COMPLACENT? BEWARE! “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Lord Acton (1887)
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. "Absolute power corrupts absolutely" (1887) John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, first Baron Acton (1834–1902) Lord Acton, the historian and moralist, expressed this opinion in a letter (1887) to Bishop Mandell Creighton: "Power [...]
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Opinion. AI Safety Research Only Enables the Dangers of Runaway Superintelligence. AI will become inscrutable and uncontrollable. We need to stop AI development until we have a necessary safety conversation. 09 JAN.
A very good read from a respected source! (with excellent reference links) FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Opinion. AI Safety Research Only Enables the Dangers of Runaway Superintelligence. AI will become [...]
REPORT. On the Controllability of Artificial Intelligence: An Analysis of Limitations. Roman V. Yampolskiy. 2022-05-25.
A very important read from a very respected and credible source! FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. On the Controllability of Artificial Intelligence: An Analysis of Limitations Author: Roman V. Yampolskiy, University of Louisville, [...]
THE LANCET. Crossing the frontier: the first global AI safety summit. 04 JAN.
A very good read from a highly respected source! Bengio cautioned that the kind of advances in AI that still sound like science fiction could become a reality far sooner than we expect. “We need to be prepared, otherwise we could find that the pace of change is too [...]
NVIDIA Special Address at CES 2024
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. A very informative keynote with important developments. (see 21.30 for Robotics [...]
FT. Opinion. Artificial intelligence. It’s already time to think about an AI tax. Jobs will be displaced or erased by the next chapter of the tech revolution, and companies must share the social costs.
A very good read from a respected source! FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. FT. Opinion. Artificial intelligence. It’s already time to think about an AI tax. Jobs will be displaced or erased by [...]
FORBES. The Year Of Hallucinating Artificial Intelligence And Arrogant Human Ingenuity. 07 JAN.
A very good read from a respected source! FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. FORBES. The Year Of Hallucinating Artificial Intelligence And Arrogant Human Ingenuity Gil Press Senior Contributor I write about technology, entrepreneurs [...]
THE CHOSUN DAILY. ‘AI Godfather’ Yoshua Bengio forecasts arrival of self-doubting AI in 2024. In 2024, larger and more powerful artificial intelligence (AI) will emerge. The advent begins with AI capable of self-doubt. 06 JAN.
A very IMPORTANT read from a VERY respected source! FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. THE CHOSUN DAILY. ‘AI Godfather’ Yoshua Bengio forecasts arrival of self-doubting AI in 2024. In 2024, larger and more [...]
AI Market Statistics (Jan 2024)
Very good data from respected sources! FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. AI investment forecast to approach $200 billion globally by 2025 - Goldman Sachs Published 01 AUG 2023 Generative AI has enormous economic [...]
FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Artificial Intelligence’s Threat to Democracy. How to Safeguard U.S. Elections From AI-Powered Misinformation and Cyberattacks. 03 JAN.
A very good read from a respected source! FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Artificial Intelligence’s Threat to Democracy How to Safeguard U.S. Elections From AI-Powered Misinformation and Cyberattacks By Jen Easterly, [...]
BBC NEWS. Urgent need for terrorism AI laws, warns think tank. 03 JAN.
The power of AI used by nefarious actors is a serious risk. FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. BBC NEWS. Urgent need for terrorism AI laws, warns think tank. The UK should "urgently consider" [...]
FT. Private Equity Groups Hunt for Ways to Spend Investors’ $2.6tn Cash Pile [Comment: Safe AI would be a good way!]
Safe AI would be a good way to put CASH to work. AI is projected to generate USD trillions of growth. FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. FT. Private Equity Groups Hunt for Ways [...]
OXFORD UNION. Debate Highlights | This House believes that Artificial Intelligence is an existential threat. 29 NOV.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. TALLIN: We are blindly growing increasingly competent minds while hoping that they are not so competent that they spin out of control and destroy our living environment. TEGMARK: [...]
THE CITY OF LONDON. REPORT. AI: Accelerating Innovation How Artificial Intelligence is turbocharging UK financial and professional services. 03 JAN.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. THE CITY OF LONDON. REPORT. AI: Accelerating Innovation How Artificial Intelligence is turbocharging UK financial and professional services. 03 JAN. Artificial Intelligence (AI)(external link) is rapidly transforming the world around us. From [...]
THE GUARDIAN. Revealed: almost half of British teens feel addicted to social media, study says. 02 JAN.
Social Media is addictive because AI learns to know users better than they know themselves- and manipulate them for the simple goal of more clicks. This is a classic example of an AI goal that is not beneficial to humans (but is beneficial for profits via an addicted user) [...]
U.S. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SAFETY INSTITUTE by NIST
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. U.S. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SAFETY INSTITUTE by NIST An evaluation copy of the Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) is now available (read here). NIST will continue to [...]
The Galileo Affair began around 1610 and culminated with the trial and condemnation of Galileo Galilei by the Roman Catholic Inquisition in 1633.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. The Galileo Affair began around 1610 and culminated with the trial and condemnation of Galileo Galilei by the Roman Catholic Inquisition in 1633. FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE [...]
Anderson Cooper on freeing yourself from the burden of grief
Anderson Cooper on freeing yourself from the burden of grief The "60 Minutes" and CNN journalist, and host of the podcast "All There Is with Anderson Cooper," talks about the propensity among many people to bury their grief over lost loved ones in silence, and how hiding one's [...]
32 DAYS AGO at OXFORD UNION. Max Tegmark explains how quickly time is running out to manage the risks posed by AI. 29 NOV.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. Max Tegmark explains how quickly time is running out to manage the risks posed by AI. TEGMARK. it's such an honor and pleasure to be here in England's greatest University I've [...]
32 DAYS AGO at OXFORD UNION. Jaan Tallinn argues that the extinction risk from AI is not just possible, but imminent. 29 NOV.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. Jaan Tallinn argues that the extinction risk from AI is not just possible, but imminent (3/8) TALLINN: Thank you Madame President uh ladies and gentlemen of the house humanity is Ain [...]
EDITORIAL (opinion) 5 minute read. Thoughts and questions for our last weekend of 2023… about fear and love, humanity and AGI/ASI.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. Another year. Once around the sun. Congratulations! We made it to 2024. (The COVID pandemic is mostly forgotten- but another pandemic is inevitable, we just don't know when.) A few Thoughts and [...]